I remember these. There was also a Supergirl V1 designed this way too. I wish they would have never wasted the time and money on those and used it toward other sculpts and designs. I wish Aquaman would have lost the added articulation too.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining that these were scrapped nor am I feeling the need to hunt them down. I'm just curious about how Mattel went from advertising these to giving us what they gave us.

I would assume that they themselves weren't too pleased with the added articulations once they saw them - GL was very loose if I recall.

For my money, the added articulations in these prototypes were amazing. I'm very sad we never got to see this Green Arrow (especially since they also got his colors right!) Dr Fate also looks terrific here.

The only figure from this wave that I think wouldn't have benefitted from the extra articulations would be Supergirl...because they made her so tiny. Otherwise, this was a big step forward for the line overall.

I still believe if they'd used tougher plastics, the joints would have been tighter, and this new style would have stuck around. And for those who think it gets in the way of the style of the figures...be honest and look at these. None of them look bad at all!

And for those who think it gets in the way of the style of the figures...be honest and look at these. None of them look bad at all!

Are you sure?'Cause it wouldn't hurt for my Superman to start doing more squats at the Gym.

The only figure I liked with extra articulation, was the Flash. On everyone else, it looked bad; and the quality was such that they often broke right out of the box. I for one, am glad Mattel got rid of it.

Put me down for hating the 10 POA too. Loose, floppy, and I also had some that snapped apart. I actually weeded through my customizing bins and disposed of all the 10 POA figures a couple of years ago. I tried to give them out at Halloween, but kids wouldn't take them, so I ended up just giving them to my comic shop.

Mattel's execution of the articulation was poor, because Mattel opted not to make any of these figures with strong plastics. It wasn't this 10 POA idea that was to blame, it was Quality Control, which continued to be an issue with the company long after we went back to 5 POA.

As for Superman, yes, he looks pretty bad in that photo Red Ricky, but lets be honest...he was the ugliest of the main seven characters in figure form. Mattel's sculpt for him was never that good to begin with (sorry 4H, if you're the ones who did it!) so adding joints and shrinking his thighs down like that only makes it worse.

If you take a look at the Elongated Man 10 POA prototype, you'll see that they used really tiny pins for the elbows, making the joints practically invisible. That's what got me so excited when I first saw them...the design of the figures wasn't being affected at all! (Also, look at Starman in the front row - he looks great!)

If they'd upped the quality of the figures overall, it would have worked out nicely. But that's a "woulda, coulda, didn't" situation...

Ahh nostalgia! lol Is that AMAZO between Atom Smasher and Hawkgirl? And for whomever pointed it out, I think DB, they did release a "color corrected" Green Arrow. He was one of the late Orange cards that didnt get a wide distribution.http://dchallofjustice.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Arrow_ver_2

As for Superman, yes, he looks pretty bad in that photo Red Ricky, but lets be honest...he was the ugliest of the main seven characters in figure form. Mattel's sculpt for him was never that good to begin with (sorry 4H, if you're the ones who did it!) so adding joints and shrinking his thighs down like that only makes it worse.

The Horsemen had nothing to do with JLU. The original seven were sculpted by Karen Palinko of DC Direct.

The reason the articulation was dropped was because they opted to put the money into more characters rather than more articulation. Additional articulation means an additional tool, which means an additional cost of production. There weren't a whole lot of people upset with this decision, either, as I recall.